WATCH LIVE ON CBS NEWS PHILLY: Philadelphia Police Department and state officials provide an update on a local carjacking operation
The escalation of deadly violence connected to the city’s out-of-control carjacking crisis has set off alarms. Councilman Kenyatta Johnson has called for a town hall Tuesday night to confront the issue.
“A lot of people just don’t feel safe getting into their car and getting out of their car and so we want to have an overview from the Philadelphia Police Department on how people can feel safe going to and from home. And for me, that’s very, very important,” Johnson said. Police say they will be focusing on two specific homicide cases as it relates to carjackings in the city. The first, the case of Briscilla, and a second shooting that happened at 81 Grovers Ave. two weeks ago.